Team Vitality have secured €50m in funding from Rewired.gg spread over the next three years to “create European super teams capable of winning the most coveted trophies in esports”.
The French-based esports organisation have also today announced their 2022 CSGO roster, with the signing of Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, Emil “magisk” Reif, and Danny “zonic” Sørensen.
The decorated trio join Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut, Dan “apEX” Madesclaire, and Kévin “misutaaa” Rabier to complete what they’re calling “one of the strongest line-ups in CSGO history”.
The news also follows the reveal of Team Vitality’s League of Legends 2022 roster, featuring world champion finalist Luka “Perkz” Perković and back-to-back European Champion Matyáš “Carzzy” Orság.
Team Vitality’s CSGO and League of Legends rosters represent a new era for the organisation as they “aim to dominate European esports, bolstered by increased investment, “unrivalled facilities and performance staff, and a strong leadership team from the sport and lifestyle industries”.
“With a new laser focus on performance and securing the best international talent in esports, it is Team Vitality’s goal to conquer the biggest stages of them allby being the most serious contender at Worlds and Major on the three next years,” Vitality added in a press release.
These gigantic rosters are represented in the “Watch us follow us” Team Vitality brand video in which CSGO and League of Legends athletes become titans.
“This scale of talent investment has never been seen in esports before and I am honoured to be leading the charge with these rosters which have the potential to make history in Europe and beyond,” said, Fabien “Neo” Devide, co-founder and esports director at Team Vitality.
“Since the beginning of our entrance into CSGO, we have been working with intensity to get to the top and nurture some of the best talent France has to offer. It’s now time to think internationally and create a new CSGO culture of European talent with legacy athletes. As proven winners, dupreeh, magisk and zonic have what it takes to move us from not just being a strong contender, but the best CSGO team in the world.”
Vitality said CSGO has always been central to the org’s competitive ambitions, “with a long history of winning trophies and nurturing some of the biggest players in the space”.
Team Vitality is home to back-to-back HLTV Player of The Year and Forbes 30 under 30 honoree ZywOo. At 21 years old, ZywOo broke records by becoming the holder for the most MVP awards earned by a player during their first competitive year, securing five.
“It’s now time to think internationally and create a new CSGO culture of European talent with legacy athletes. As proven winners, dupreeh, magisk and zonic have what it takes to move us from not just being a strong contender, but the best CSGO team in the world.”
Neo, Team Vitality
“I couldn’t be more excited to have dupreeh, magisk, and zonic join the team. Together they have achieved so much and I know there is a lot both myself and the team can learn from them. I am so ready to show everyone how far this team can go,” said Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut.
Team Vitality’s new CSGO roster will be composed of:
- Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut, France, 21 years old
- Two time, and current HLTV best player in the world
- Kevin “Misutaaa” Rabier, France, 18 years old
- Blast Premier Fall 2020 winner as a rookie
- Dan “apEX” Madesclaire, France, 28 years old
- Captain and 2015 Major winner
- Peter “dupreeh” Rothmann Rasmussen, Denmark, 26 years old
- Four- time Major winner and Intel GrandSlam Winner
- Emil “magisk” Hoffmann Reif, Denmark, 23 years old
- Major MVP, 3 time Major winner and Intel GrandSlam Winner
In other Vitality news, we interviewed the org’s new League of Legends UK top-laner Alphari on the West being good enough to win Worlds, TP changes, how Vitality can overtake G2’s 2019 roster as the best Western team of all time in the 2022 LEC, and more.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
